Conflict Resolution, Extended Conversation: Read the full conversations piece between Stanley McCracken, a senior lecturer at SSA, and Edward Landreth, the mental health lead for the VA's Veterans Integrated service network (VIsn 12). They discuss integrated services, how the VA is tackling homelessness, and more.

Alumni Spotlight: Jacob Dancer III, A.B. '89, A.M. '04Jacob Dancer III is the program supervisor of UCAN's 360° Model and HomeWorks initiatives. He's also an SSA field instructor. He says he enjoys assisting the next generation of students in learning about what they want to do with their career and how SSA can help them as much as it helped him."I love what I do," he says. "I'm tremendously excited about my work, and that's how I start every day."

Student Spotlight: Ifrah Magan, A.M. Candidate '11Aware of the difficult path refugees have to follow in building new lives in the United States, Ifrah Magan is working to find opportunities to make the transition easier.A master's student at SSA, she is completing her second-year field placement at the Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights.

Student Spotlight: Robyn Offenbach, A.M. Candidate '11Robyn Offenbach a clinical student in the School of Social Service Administration's Family Support Program, is completing her second-year field placement in clinical and counseling services at UCAN, a Chicago agency that helps young people who are dealing with trauma. She is mentored by Jacob Dancer III.

Alumni Spotlight

Rebuilding communities devastated by trauma, alcohol, and drug abuse

Margaret Marion, AB '12, AM '13

“The hardest decision I had to make when I was applying for the AB/AM program was whether to become an administrative or clinical student,” says Margaret Marion, AB '12, AM '13. “I understood that whichever track I chose, I would still have room to pursue classes in the other track that fit in with my academic and professional goals"